Berto Boyd - Concert Guitarist Flamenco Composer

Virtuoso Flamenco and Classical guitar music.

Bio/About
Berto Boyd began his musical training on the piano at age 5 and has been playing guitar for over 30 years. A rigorous musician and a careful researcher, Berto has studied in Spain and performed throughout the United States with some of the world’s finest Flamenco, Classical, and Jazz artists. Born into a family of artists, which includes famed lead singer, Brandon Boyd of the multi-platinum band Incubus, he is one of the rare and few Americans who has dedicated his musical dreams to mastering the art of the Spanish guitar and composing original Flamenco music.

He currently resides in Portland, Oregon where he is the Musical Director for Flamenco Pacifico, Musical Director of Arte y Pasion (San Antonio, Texas), and the Artistic Director of the Corvallis Guitar Society. Berto’s debut album “Esmeralda” was released in 2003 featuring all original Flamenco compositions. In 2017, he released the debut album “Convivencia” with his group Flamenco Pacifico which was nominated for “Best World/Global Fusion Album of 2017” by One World Music Awards. In 2020, Berto signed with the Latin-American Classical label Caoba Records. Berto has artist endorsements with Shubb Capos, Royal Classics Strings (Spain), MiniFlex Mics, and The2Mic In Berto's free time he enjoys transcribing music and skateboarding at the world-famous Burnside Skatepark.

Recent Concert Experience
Berto has recently been named musical director of the San Antonio, TX-based dance Company Arte y Pasión. Their recent performances have featured top-caliber artists from Spain such as dancers - Belen Maya, and Daniel Caballero, guitarist Jose Manuel Alconchel, and gypsy singer Jose Cortez. In 2021, his group "Pacific Northwest's Beloved Flamenco Pacifico" wrapped up their first tour since the pandemic with a standout performance at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Elizabethan Theatre selling 360 seats which is the highest number of seats sold by OSF since the start of the pandemic. During the shutdown, Berto enjoyed composing/recording at home and doing collaborations with fellow artists such as Adam Del Monte's "Relampinos" (Virtual Guitar Orchestra) and good friend Ben Woods (Tangos Collab). In 2019 he performed with the Grammy-Award-winning guitarist William Kanengiser in the West Coast debut of "The Walls" by Sergio Assad with the PSU Guitar Orchestra and performed on the same bill as the Los Angeles Quartet (LAGQ) and Adam Del Monte in a benefit concert to help victims of the Paradise Camp Fire. Additionally, in 2019, Berto toured with Flamenco Pacifico in Washington and Idaho and also debuted the new guitar series Siempre La Guitarra with virtuoso Classical guitarist Cameron O'Connor. Finally, in 2019, Berto performed selections of Suite Avalon by Jose Luis de la Paz with the Oakland Youth Symphony directed by Omid Zoufonoun with orchestral arrangements by Alex Conde. In 2018 he was a featured soloist with the Salem Philharmonia Orchestra with his virtuosic interpretation of the Concierto en Re Op.99 by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and performed at the Ashland World Music Festival in Lithia Park with Flamenco Pacifico. In 2017, he performed in the finale concert of the Chintimini Chamber Music Festival Classical works by Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Boccherini with a string quartet.

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CLIENT TESTIMONIALS:
Berto is a consummate professional - creative, detail oriented, personable. His mastery of Spanish classical and flamenco guitar is superior, and he has a great understanding of how to shape a performance. I have hired him several times, and always been thrilled with his work. What a joy to know that I can hand him my audience and not have to worry - I know that they will get a great show! Mignonne Profant - The John E. Profant Foundation for the Arts

I hired Berto and his music partner Grant to play Flamenco and classical music for my dad’s 80th birthday. It was a small in-house concert for just our family and it was a wonderful evening. My family loves music, and we come from a long line of professional musicians and music lovers so it was important that who I hired be exceptional for this important celebration. Berto and Grant were absolute pros. Their music was wonderful and they were also wonderful as people explaining some of the Flamenco traditions, engaging my seven year old a bit and chatting with us in between music sets. We hired them for two hours (which went by quickly). I absolutely recommend them for in-house concerts. It will be an evening my family always remembers. - Julie W.

I hired Berto for a client appreciation event at our home. Such talent! Having him there upped the sophistication of the event and truly helped create a magical evening. Wish I had the time and resources to do events more often he will always be top priority for future. Couldn't recommend more highly, super talented, honored all my requests, magical! - Kelly Sandstrom - Keller Williams Realty

I generally look askance at reviews that grade everything at the top marks, but that’s totally appropriate here. Berto and his partner played at our wedding, both during the ceremony and the cocktail hour. I can’t speak highly enough about the quality of the music…my only regret was that I couldn’t simply pull up a chair and listen to it more intently. Many of our guests commented to us how wonderful the playing was. The choice of music was excellent and Berto was very professional and helpful during the planning phase. - Malcom A.

We hired Berto to play Flamenco guitar for a client tapas party. From the beginning, Berto was prompt with his responses and professional until the end. He played a two-hour set and is absolutely breathtaking on the guitar! Highly recommended for gatherings, parties, concerts, and especially any intimate venue. You will certainly feel the intensity and passion that is Flamenco! Pair Berto with Elena Villa and you will have a performance that is most memorable for you and your guests! - Wriik. M

MR. Boyd was on time, organized and very easy to work with. Most importantly, his performance exceeded our high expectations and really classed up our Banquet of 110 people. His skills are unparalleled and I highly recommend him for your event. Thanks again Berto Flamenco! -

Sincerely Satisfied, 
Joshua E. Newstat
 President of the Ventura Criminal Defense Bar Association

PROFESSIONAL ACCLAIM:
"Berto's virtuosic jazz-inflected Flamenco is filled with infectious musical and emotional fire. But what's most inspiring about him is his courageous and relentless effort to reach new musical horizons, and the energy he dedicates to his musical community. When I see Berto play I think of Blake's maxim: "Energy is Eternal Delight." - Jeffrey Muhr - Freelance Editor, educational publishing

“I have known Berto Boyd for over 22 years. I met him when he first took lessons with me and saw a lot of promise in him, although he was very wet behind the ears still. It is rare when a student actually takes your advice completely to heart and really owns it and makes the most of it. Such was the case of Berto Boyd, one of my top three best students and proteges I have had the pleasure of knowing. Years passed and Berto became a mature and interdependently creative artist and entrepreneur in ways I did not imagine at the time. He has since bloomed into a full-fledged and well rounded musician-organizer and leader in his community. He has been the main director of all things Flamenco and guitar in the Pacific Northwest, both as head of a growing guitar series, namely the Corvallis Guitar Society and the leader and creative brain behind his own successful group Flamenco Pacifico. Berto's compositions and playing are full of vitality and passion displaying a high technical level as well as musical substance grounded in Flamenco legitimacy.” - Adam del Monte - Adjunct guitar professor USC Thornton School of Music

"From a venue standpoint, working with Berto and Flamenco Pacifico has been a dream. They promote harder and better than any act we work with and when it comes to technical details and producing the performance they are flexible and know exactly what they need well before we need to have that information. With regards to their immense talent, our venue received nothing but compliments and requests for additional performance after our most recent show with them. I can't recommend working with them enough" - Jimbo Ivy - Manager of Majestic Theater

Berto, I just wanted to congratulate you on your recent performance of the Castelnuovo-Tedesco concerto. I am in the 805 for the winter or I would have come to hear you. But more than just this performance I wanted to thank you for moving to Oregon and stimulating the guitar scene the way you have. What you did to get the Corvallis Guitar Society going is a big deal and much needed in the NW. Your performances with your flamenco group have helped make this art form much more appreciated than previously. Your posts on Facebook are informative and inspiring to other guitarists . Your exercise book is valuable and useful. Clearly you are a fine teacher judging form your work with Raven who will be a fine pro some day. I have been in the NW for almost 40 years and I have seen only one other guitarist move here and have this kind of impact and frankly yours is far greater as much as Neal Archer Roan did to shake things up here and get folks inspired to work hard at their playing. So thanks for coming to the NW and stimulating the guitar scene to be even better than it was. You are doing good things and people appreciate what you are doing. Keep up the good work and jam hard. Cheers! - Peter Thomas - Classical guitarist

I bring all my own equipment from the chair to the sound system. I also can be completely battery powered w a studio quality system. If i’m playing outdoors I have to be in the shade. My guitars can not withstand direct sun or extreme temperatures.